Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology (Jan 2016)

Bacillus cereus causing intratumoral brain abscess

  • Karnika Saigal,
  • Vikas Gautam,
  • Gagandeep Singh,
  • Pallab Ray

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0377-4929.191799
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 59, no. 4
pp. 554 – 556

Abstract

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We report a case of intratumoral brain abscess due to Bacillus cereus in an adult male patient, which was managed successfully with excision of lesion and piperacillin-tazobactam for the duration of 5 weeks. To the best of our knowledge, this is a first case report of B. cereus infection leading to intratumoral brain abscess in a patient with a history of steroid administration by the intravenous route.

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